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Technology and Sexual Offending.

Rebecca Fisico1, Leigh Harkins2

  • 1Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON, L1H 7K4, Canada.

Current Psychiatry Reports
|July 19, 2021
PubMed
Summary

Technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) is prevalent, with diverse and damaging impacts on victims. Further research is crucial to understand TFSV

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Area of Science:

  • Digital Criminology
  • Cyberpsychology
  • Sociology of Technology

Background:

  • Technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) encompasses a range of harmful behaviors.
  • Understanding TFSV is critical due to its increasing prevalence and severe consequences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review existing literature on various forms of TFSV.
  • To examine the prevalence, perpetrators, harms, and victims associated with TFSV.
  • To discuss specific TFSV types including image-based sexual abuse and technology-assisted in-person sexual violence.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of academic studies on TFSV.
  • Synthesis of research findings on prevalence, motivations, and impacts.
  • Analysis of specific TFSV typologies.
Keywords:
Dating appsImage-based sexual abuseSexual violenceTechnologyUnsolicited sexual imagesVoyeurism

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Main Results:

  • TFSV is a prevalent issue with wide-ranging and significant negative impacts on victims.
  • Emerging evidence details characteristics and motivations behind TFSV.
  • Victimization impacts are diverse and damaging, with many unanswered questions.

Conclusions:

  • TFSV is a serious concern with extensive potential impact on victims.
  • Further empirical investigation is urgently needed to understand the full scope and nature of TFSV.
  • More research is required to identify perpetrators and develop effective interventions.